The Los Angeles Dodgers have one of the best lineups in Major League Baseball, which features three former MVPs who make up the top of the order.

Naturally, all eyes tend to fixate on the reigning National League MVP, Shohei Ohtani.

MLB Insider Answers However, it’s actually Freddie Freeman who is putting up the best performance yet.

The Dodgers’ first baseman is hitting .376 with nine home runs, 33 runs batted in, and an OPS of 1.171. Freeman is on pace to be a candidate for the NL MVP award, and would succeed his teammate if he were to win the accolade.

Nevertheless, his performance has gotten little attention, even from Dodgers skipper Dave Roberts. “I looked up the other day and saw he was hitting .360, I had no idea. …

He’s just been relentless,” Roberts said following Sunday’s series finale against the Arizona Diamondbacks. “He’s just taking good at-bats. And I looked up the other day and saw he was hitting .360, I had no idea. But kind of, when you look into it, he’s just really – like I said, he’s just been relentless.” An 8-1 Dodgers victory on Mother’s Day featured Freeman going 4-for-4 with two doubles and a home run.

Freeman’s batting average and OPS would be the second-best in the league, only behind New York Yankees star Aaron Judge, if he had enough at-bats to qualify.

The 35-year-old spent time on the injured list during the opening month of the season after he tweaked his ankle because of a “mishap” in the shower.

Freeman has been on quite a tear, and his performance at the plate is even more impressive given his surgically repaired ankle isn’t fully healed.

In his last 61 at-bats, the Dodgers star is batting .475 with six doubles, five home runs, 22 RBIs, and a 1.374 OPS. An MLB veteran of 16 seasons, Freeman’s performance may come as a surprise given he is closer to the end of his career than the start.

However, the World Series MVP hopes his performance dissuades any narratives surrounding his age.

“I’m glad people can look at me and see that you can still do it later on,” Freeman said, “but in my mind, age is just a number. I think if you take care of yourself, it doesn’t matter what your age is. I hope the age [narrative] gets thrown out the window because if you’re a good baseball player, you’re a good baseball player, it doesn’t matter what age you are.”